Edwards, CO
Edwards wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Edwards lands at the 75th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 3,859 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Edwards at the 67th national percentile — 8 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Edwards's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Edwards (56.8% of 3,859 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 43.2% sit in the Direct zone.
Edwards against the rest of the country
Inside Colorado, Edwards sits at just the 44th percentile even though it scores 75th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Edwards ranks 7,998 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,376 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 264 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Edwards
Edwards's high rating (75th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Edwards
Edwards's 56.8% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Edwards's 75th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Edwards, see the exposure-zones guide.